Category: HUB News

  • Residents ask council to protect town’s trees

    Gilmour: Character of borough being lost by clear-cutting BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer FAIR HAVEN — The Borough Council is in the process of putting together an ordinance to protect trees in response to an outcry by residents about recent construction projects in the borough. Petcon Builders Construction Co., West Long…

  • Suspect sought in luring incident

    Luring suspect SHREWSBURY — Borough police have released the sketch of a man accused of allegedly attempting to lure a 9-year-old into his truck. They are looking for information regarding the incident, which occurred in the Paddington Farms section on Dorchester Way on Dec. 28 at approximately 5 p.m. The man is described as black,…

  • New year begins on a new note for boro gov’t

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — There promises to be a new spirit of cooperation at Borough Council meetings this year — if council members keep the resolutions made at the reorganization meeting on Jan. 3. Sworn to his second term on the governing body, Councilman John Curley seemed…

  • Weather, holidays stall new T.F. Borough Hall

    Goal remains to finish within 450 days of start date, engineer says BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — Blame Mother Nature’s wintry wrath and the holidays for the latest slowdown in construction of the new municipal building. The foundation surrounded by mud and a protective chain-link fence has been…

  • Pallone, Holt: Pentagon should pay for workers’ move

    Area congressmen ask for disclosure of closing and relocation timelines Two area lawmakers are lobbying the Defense Department to pick up the tab to move Fort Monmouth employees who accept government jobs elsewhere in the nation. U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone (D-6) and Rush Holt (D-12) have delivered a formal request to U.S. Secretary of Defense…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Tinton Falls’ Sharon Newton feels the song as the Pilgrim Baptist Church, Red Bank, holds a service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 8

  • Freeholders to hold night meetings

    FREEHOLD — In an effort to make county government more accessible and open to the public, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has changed its meeting schedule for 2006 and will hold all public meetings in the evening hours. “I am committed to improving Monmouth County government by re-examining how we operate,” Freeholder Director William…

  • Police officer pleads guilty to misconduct

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer FAIR HAVEN –– A 21-year veteran of the Fair Haven Police Department has forfeited his position after pleading guilty last month to theft and misconduct charges. Sgt. James Kirman pleaded guilty on Dec. 22 to one count of third-degree official misconduct and one count of third…

  • Community input sought on new superintendent

    Consultant: Meetings will produce BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Parents of Red Bank’s public school district, as well as other members of the community, are being encouraged to take part in the district’s search for a new superintendent. Three meetings will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at both the primary…